OTTAWA -- While 'Llama Llama Blue Pajamas' hides somewhere at CHEO, Shoppers Drug Mart has found a new friend for an Ottawa boy at the hospital.
Parent Dawn Pickering is asking staff, patients and visitors to look for the stuffed animal, after it disappeared while her son seven-year-old son Ollie undergoes treatment at the children’s hospital.
On Twitter, Pickering said “last seen with his brave lymphoma warrior in the OR for his LP on Monday. Has “Ollie A-P” written on his tag.”
Pickering has started a website to provide an update on Ollie’s “Bump” in the Road. Ollie was diagnosed with Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma in November 2019.
While staff and visitors search for 'Llama Llama Blue Pajamas', Shoppers Drug Mart found a little guy in need of a new home for Ollie.
A Get Swabbed event in honour of Ollie will be held on Thursday, Mar. 5 at Notre Dame High School, 710 Broadview Ave. Participants must be between the ages of 17 and 35.
Canadian Blood Services says Ollie will need a stem cell transplant to survive, and the family is not a match.
